Spain self guided for the Tour de France

The Tour de France goes into Spain this year, specifically to Catalonia including Girona and Barcelona. It coincidentally crosses that part of Spain where we offer our cycling tours. And so, we are offering a slightly adapted version of our 'Challenge Tour' during the Tour's passthrough. The full program can be found at http://www.cyclingclassics.com/grand_tour03.php

Starting on July 8th in Girona with the arrival of the race into town, you plunge into the ambiance that is Le Tour! Next day see the departure for Barcelona and then head out on rides of your own.

We price this self guided program at 795 euros for 7 days! Smokin deal! See the link above for all info.

OTHER TDF announcement: 6 space remain on Alpes+Ventoux; and 4 spaces for Monaco-Provence. see www.cyclingclassics.com/grand_tour.php

New Mountain Bikes

Ever heard of the brand Focus? It is a German company and they are aggressively hitting the market this year. http://www.focus-bikes.com/index.asp

In fact, Team Milram will ride Focus bikes this year on the pro tour. We almost went with Focus road bikes in our new fleet but opted for Look instead. However, we did go with Focus mountain bikes. Thomas, who runs the shop in Lunel and is a former top 10 France MTB/VTT champion rides Focus.

We are making these bikes available for rent as well, just like our road and hybrid bikes. They are listed on the site at www.cyclingclassics.com/rental_bikes03.php

So far, the feedback is really good. We understand that Focus wants to take it to the big time this year so they are really discounting their bikes to get people to try them. So, a good deal may be had out there for a very good bike.